Dream to See You
Chapter 10
By: Rachel
Genre: Supernatural/Suspense
E-mail: PeachGirlKiley [at] aol . com
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Darn you …something went wrong and apparently people couldn't review my last chapter, how depressing is that…=.=' It's a good chapter too! REVIEW BOTH CHAPTERS!! Anyway, I start my job today. I got hired at Marshall's Mega Store. I'm in processing and I'm getting paid well, so I'm happy. My first day! ::dances:: I don't know how this will effect my writing schedule though, so yeah, sorry if releases are a little slow in the future. We're past the half way point though! Things are starting to come down to the wire!
Also, NO STEALING OF THIS FIC! I'm using this for my graduation project, and if they find the same story posted elsewhere they'll think I plagiarized! I'll make sure that you're shunned by all people, and make sure that your site DIES! I can do those things…::cough:: Anyway…on a lighter note, I think you'll enjoy this chapter! Read and Review! Also…why the heck did they get rid of all the special characters?! I can't have stars, or dollar signs, yen, etc! GET THE SIGNS BACK ON SOON! Sorry for errors I've got work, and don't have time to edit like I used to…SORRY! So no flaming about my errors…I didn't have time to read over this chapter, or past chapters…
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After wrapping Shin's feet up in dishtowels they rushed to the hospital to get him stitched up. Faye sat next to Spike in orange plastic chairs. Spike stared at the room ahead of them in thought. Faye looked around. Everything was white, except for the chairs.
A nurse walked by and looked at Shin's chart before glancing over at Spike and Faye. She smiled. "Who does your hair?" She walked over to Faye and pulled at some of the strands. "Wow, it almost looks natural!" She laughed.
Faye pulled back. "It is natural…" She mumbled.
Spike sat up. "That's the brand name." Spike spoke up. The nurse nodded. "You can only get it through specialty stores…" He bowed his head as Faye got up and looked in through the window in Shin's room. A doctor was finishing tending to Shin's right foot while Shin looked away, his eyes clamped shut.
"I see…well, have a good day!" She beamed them a grin. The nurse continued on her way, yawning as she looked at the next chart.
"Do you think we should have left Julia to watch Ed, and Ein?" Faye pouted.
Spike shrugged his shoulders. "She didn't want a kid, who knows if she even wants this one. She's just against abortion, so if anything she'll put it up for adoption."
"It's going to be a girl." Faye pouted. "Vicious's baby girl…" She trailed off for a brief moment. "She'll have powers stronger than me even." Faye sighed.
Spike looked at her oddly. "How do you know that, did Julia say something to you?"
Faye shook her head. "I can sense it." Spike stared at Faye. She was wearing her white slip. Spike frowned.
"You should get some clothes before we head back to the house." Spike nodded. "A girl, huh?" Spike rubbed the back of his neck and sighed. "If you hadn't started talking to me, I would have married her in two months." Spike looked up and Faye as she walked over to him and sat down.
"You realize that Vicious will stop at nothing to get to me once he finds out where we are, right? He most likely already knows." She looked over at Spike who stared at her blankly. "Vicious isn't just some guy who cheats with his best friend's fiancée Spike. He's much stronger than me, and he knows that I'm here somewhere in this city. I can feel his presence all around this place."
Spike swallowed hard. Stronger is one thing, but it was Vicious, he wouldn't harm him, or Faye. Even if he was angry at Vicious, Spike still couldn't hate him after being friends with him for so long. "Faye, I've known him for my entire life he's not going to—"
"He killed your father Spike!" Faye screamed, with her fists clenched. "Don't you get it? The day he became friends with you was the day he realized you were related to the man who gave him his powers, the bastard who kept me in that cell…" Faye looked up at him.
Spike's face had paled. He didn't know what to believe. "Spike, he's stronger than then you think, he'll kill you to get to me. After he's done using me for my powers, he'll kill me too."
Faye ran her fingers through Spike's hair and pulled his face to hers. She leaned her forehead against his and let her eyes slide shut. Spike sighed and leaned in to kiss her. "I'm sorry, am I interrupting?" Spike and Faye's eyes opened and they looked over at Shin who sat in a wheelchair his feet bandaged.
"No." They said in unison.
Shin had a grin on his face reaching from ear to ear. Spike stood up and quickly started pushing Shin's wheelchair down the hall and towards the elevator. He had a white knuckle grip on the handles and his face was flushed with anger. Had Vicious really been the one who killed his father? It was some other guy, wasn't it? Spike looked behind him, Faye looked up her face sour, and her eyes dull. "So how's your foot?" Spike chocked out.
"I can't walk for a week, so you can wheel me around!" Shin grinned, looking back at Spike. He stopped smiling when he saw the look of death on Spike's paling complexion.
"I'll meet you two down stairs…" Faye trailed off and faded away. Spike and sighed bowing his head.
"What's wrong?" Shin mumbled.
"Vicious is just like Faye, that's what's wrong. My grandfather had him locked up in that house with him until Vicious volunteered to lock himself into one of the tanks like Faye was kept in. He got himself out using his powers, and became friends with me after he figured out I was related to that…" Spike straightened. "Faye said that he killed my father."
Shin locked the brakes on his wheelchair and turned back with wide eyes. "How the hell would she know that? Besides, we were just kids…"
Spike lifted the chair up and pushed the chair into the elevator quickly. "Vicious's powers are much stronger than Faye's she said. She told me that he'll stop at nothing to get a hold of her. Killing us if he has to…" Spike swallowed and pressed in the button for the ground floor.
"Should I start writing my will?" Shin smirked.
"Shut up. What if she's right? What if Vicious…" Spike gritted his teeth. "I should have just kept taking those sleeping pills."
Shin's jaw dropped. "You of all people, saying this now?" Shin sighed. "You're the one who made me believe that she was real." The elevator opened and there she was, head bowed. She looked up with a forced smile. Spike swallowed the ball in his throat.
"Can you deal with a little clothes shopping?" Spike mumbled.
Shin grinned. "Faye, max him out! He's loaded!" Shin hissed. Faye laughed and curled her shoulders in as some guys standing by the front doors snickered and nodded their heads at her.
She smirked and looked back at them. Her eyes flashed black and she sent them flying backwards. Spike looked at her with a strained face. "They were looking at me weird." She mumbled and stood up straight, holding her head high she looked around. People of all kinds were quickly pushing past them, mumbling, laughing, and talking about personal things that shouldn't be talked about in public. Faye looked to her left inside a department store window. "Can we go in here?"
Spike nodded and made a sharp turn inside the store. "We'll be in here forever…" Shin groaned, bowing his head. "Can I look around?"
"No." Spike muttered. "You're my sanity for the next couple hours." He hissed.
An hour passed and Shin found himself with bag upon bag stacked onto his lap. "Oh, I like this one!" Faye cooed from the dressing room.
Spike rolled his eyes. "I feel like I'm in high school and my girlfriend just dragged me around the mall asking me to help her buy clothing." Spike ran his fingers through his hair. "That's nice Faye…" Spike nodded mentally noting that no matter how old woman get shopping with them never changes.
"See." Faye stepped out in of the dressing room. The outfit was a little more than just revealing. It was a yellow pleather top with short bottoms. The top only had one button in the center that just kept her from falling out all together. A belly-shirt, it had two black suspenders that crossed each other and attached to the short bottoms. No buttons, or zippers, it looked like it just pulled on, and was way above mid-thigh. "I want to get this." She twirled in a circle. Look, it comes with this band thing for my hair too!" She put it on, pulling back her bangs before she dove back into the
Shin smirked. "Should one of us tell she looked like a pros—" Spike covered Shin's mouth and shook his head.
"Just let her be…" Spike shook his head and sighed. "If you complain, she'll just go into a fit and ask you what's wrong with it. If you tell her the truth she'll more or less likely kill you."
Shin pierced his lips together and pulled out his cell phone. "What do you want?" Shin looked over at Spike.
Spike narrowed his eyes. "What are you doing?"
"Ordering us some lunch, I'm starving." Spike laughed and nodded his head.
"Faye, you almost done? Shin's going to die from starvation!" Faye poked her head out and stepped out in a pair of dark jeans and a red turtleneck sweater that fit her much better than the yellow outfit.
"All ready." She smiled; she grabbed another huge armful of clothing and placed it in Shin's lap as they walked to the cash register.
Hundreds of dollars later, and a wide grin across Faye's face they got into Spike's car and headed back to Annie's. Spike's cell phone began to ring stopping at a red-light he answered it. "Julia?" He mumbled looking at the number.
"Spike!" she hissed. "I can't take it! Ed is driving me insane. I'm at your office; she wanted to go somewhere…" Spike bit his tongue to keep himself from laughing.
"I'm passing by there now; we'll stop by and get her. Are you coming back to Annie's?" He winced as he saw Shin's face twitch at the mention of her name. "Alright, see you in a few minutes then."
Faye tensed. "I'll be right back." Spike and Shin watched as she phased away. Seconds later she phased back outside of the car. She quickly opened the door and jumped inside. "I'm back." She mumbled.
"We can tell." They spoke in unison. "Where'd you go?"
"Here, you'll need these." She plopped two hand guns into Shin's lap.
"Hell!" Shin shoved the guns to the ground and looked back at Faye. "You stole guns! At this rate, you're asking us to lock you up!" He hissed.
Faye eyes flickered and he quieted down. "You'll need it the most Shin, so just shut up." Faye hissed. "Spike and I have powers we can use against Vicious and the others. You don't, so load your gun; I grabbed a handful of clips." She shoved them into Shin's lap and yawned.
"Faye!" Spike hissed. "You stole from the gun shop next to the department store, and we're on our way to my law firm!" Spike turned and parked in his reserves parking space. "I could have you tossed in jail with the flick of my wrist!" He glared at the guns.
Faye smiled. "You aren't going to though, are you?" She cooed. "Besides, he's here." She yawned, fixing her hairband.
Spike froze. Vicious was in the building? He wasn't ready to face him; he wasn't ready to face anything that was happening. What if Faye was lying? What if she wasn't? What about Julia? Would her baby have powers like Faye? Would it be a girl like she says? Spike's face had become distressed, and lost all color.
He was tempted to go back in time and start taking sleeping pills before he even started having those dreams.
Spike undid his seatbelt. "I swear to god, if one of you takes the gun and gets caught I'm not sticking up for you!"
Faye blinked. "I got it for you." She mumbled. "I'll be fine, you're the one who can only get his eyes to turn black when he's about to kill someone." She sighed, shaking her head.
Spike's left eye began to twitch. He didn't hesitate as he lunged towards his dashboard. Under the papers for his car, he grabbed a crumpled cigarette box and lighter before stepping outside the car and slamming the door shut firmly. With shaking hands, he lit it up and took a long drag from his much needed stress reliever.
Spike's hand tapped uneasily on the roof of the vehicle as Faye stepped out. She quickly slipped the loaded gun under his belt, by his back pocket. "Don't tuck your shirt in, and no one will notice." She wrapped her arms around him and pulled Spike against her back.
Spike took another needed puff and pulled back. "Gah!" He screamed, turning back to her. "No!" He hissed. "No, no, no!" He pointed a shaking hand at her. "No way in hell! I'm not going to do this! I got you out, and that's it!" He glared at her and leaned back against his car, avoiding eye contact.
Faye sighed and moved towards him. She pulled the cigarette from his lips and stared at it for a second before taking a puff. She scrunched her face up a bit before she exhaled letting out a cough. "Not as repulsive as I thought it'd be." She frowned tossing the still half good cancer stick to the ground and smashing it into the concrete with her three hundred dollar, printed ballet flats. Complete with red painted flower on the toe, and a blue hue around the rest of the shoe.
"That was my last one!" Spike whaled. He reached his hands out, ready to strangle her but with a sharp kick of his foot into the side of his car door he concentrated on the pain surging through his right leg instead.
"Pity, isn't it?" Faye scuffed. "I saved you a year or two, be happy." She tapped the gun that was against his back lightly. "I'll help Shin."
Taking Shin pushed the door open as traffic slowed down for a brief second and hobbled out with the help of Faye, crutches, and his tiptoes. He sat on the hood of the car as Spike regrettably trudged to the door and asked for a wheelchair from the doorman.
"Faye, if you're lying to Spike in anyway, tell him now." Shin's voice was darkened.
Faye smiled weakly and nodded. "I'm not lying." She looked over at Shin who's face grew sour. "I'm not going to use him. I told him before that I wanted to do this on my own; he was the one who wanted to stay in this mess. I just needed help getting freed from that hellhole." She mumbled. "Thank you." She smiled. "Yes, it was him that killed Spike's father. He can control you if you let him."
Shin narrowed his eyes. "What?"
"Vicious, he can control you using his powers if you're weak enough." She bowed her head. "Goodbye, if we don't make it out of here."
Shin swallowed as Faye stepped away from him. Goodbye? Goodbye meant that they could be killed, right? Shin had his gun under his shirt show that it didn't' show when he was sitting down. "You know, I'm more of a risk with a gun. I've never used a gun, and I don't like them."
Faye looked back at Shin and smirked. "You think that I'm any better? I'm the girl who's lived in a cell and a cave her entire life."
Shin nodded a grin reaching from ear to ear. "You don't need to go to my clinic if you don't want to. I think you'll be just fine."
Faye laughed. "Thanks, I'm glad you don't think I'm insane." She mused. Shin ruffled his hair a bit as he nodded.
Spike approached them and they smiled at him. Spike looked at Faye and then to Shin. "Faye," he wet his lips. "If you're wrong about this, I won't forgive you and you can forget about me ever helping you again. I'll want you to leave after this too."
Faye's smile faded and her green eyes hazed as she looked down, turning her head to the right. She moved her jaw to the right and scuffed. "Thank you, Spike." She sneered. "I'm glad that I chose a man who trusts me so much." She looked up. Spike stiffened as he swore he saw tears.
Shin jumped from the hood and into the wheelchair. Spike's face twitched as his hands gripped at the handles and pushed Shin towards the front door without another word.
Shin wanted to say something, but didn't dare; he knew how upset he was. He was terrified that he'd find out that Faye was right and that his best friend had killed his father, and had been using him from day one.
"Spike!" Spike looked towards the front desk as he pushed the wheelchair inside, Faye lagging behind. He could feel her tension.
Spike smiled weakly. "Hi Kasadey," he nodded his head towards her. "I came by to show these two around."
Kasadey grinned. "Family?" she asked looking down at Shin and noting they had similar features, and then to Faye and noted that she had to ask her who dyed her hair.
"This is my little cousin Shin; I think he's about your age…" Spike trailed off as he looked at Faye. She had a look of terror plastered all across her, and she was darting around, her fingers started curling in. He knew her eyes would start flickering soon. "This is Faye." He swallowed and walked back to her and wrapped an arm around her waist and leaned his head against her shoulder. "Please stay calm; he's no where near us. Control your powers." He exhaled as her fingers uncurled. "She's a friend of mine."
Kasadey's face grew sour for a second before she smiled, bowing her head. "It's nice to meet you both, and welcome back Spike." She smiled warmly towards them.
"Can I stay here?" Shin looked up his face pained. "My feet really are hurting."
Spike's face darkened. His feet were hurting because there pretty face smiling down at him. "Vicious wanted to see you."
Kasadey blinked. "How did you know he was in today? He was supposed to have off too, but he came in anyway." She pouted. "He doesn't seem too happy, he didn't even acknowledge me when I said good morning, and he was very tense. Yet he had this smile across his face…" She shuddered looking at the ground. "Oh and, well, your ex-fiancée," she swallowed. "I mean Julia is here with a very hyper little girl and a dog."
Spike nodded. "Yes, I know that too." Spike looked down at Shin who eyed him back. "We'll be back soon Shin." He grabbed hold of Faye's hand and pulled her toward the elevators.
"Spike!" Faye pleaded, she shook her head. "I can't do this. I thought I could, but I can't. I don't' want to see him. I want to just get away. I don't want to see you or anyone hurt." Spike grunted as the doors opened. He tugged her inside and as the doors shut he shoved her against the wall of the elevator.
"You don't tell me something like this and then try to run from it. Don't you dare, even try!" His face was inches from hers as he pressed the button for his floor office.
Faye nodded. "Spike, you don't know him, you really don't." Faye gritted her teeth and slid down the wall taking slow deep breaths. "I can feel him all around here. I hate it, this feeling." Spike watched as her skin crawled. Her arms locked his neck and she buried her face in the crook of his neck. "Swear to me that you'll be strong, that you won't let him kill you. Don't let him get to you. Don't let him mess with your mind. He'll kill everyone in this building to get to me if he has to."
Spike held her as she trembled. He swallowed as he felt her tears soaking into his shirt. The elevator beeped and came to a stop, the doors sliding open. Spike pulled back and stood up; he pulled his gun from behind him and turned examined it. He pushed in the safety button, turning it of and loaded it. "Come on, my office is this way." He took Faye's hand and looked both ways before running left and opening the second door on his left.
"Spike…" Faye shuddered as they ran into an empty office. "He already found them. Hopefully Ed was able to help Julia out."
Spike frowned. "How does she have powers? Also, what about the people of Doukutsu? They treated me like royalty, and acted like they knew about you!"
"They did know who you are, and they knew about me. Your grandfather paid them off, told them to keep things quiet and to keep me locked up. They told their kids this, and I turned into some freakish legend. Ed has powers because the water that ran through my tank is connected to her home. She drank the water that had the injections in it. It kept me alive, and gave her weak powers, like you. Hers will go away with time though."
Spike nodded his head slowly. "Okay, but why pay them off?" Spike walked forward as Faye stepped backwards until he had her pinned against his desk. "Why is it so important to him that you are kept a secret from everyone?"
Faye trembled as she let out a scream of pain. She started clawing at her face as tears started pouring over her eyes. "It hurts!" She pulled at her hair and rolled onto her side. "Stop it! Vicious please, stop it!" She arched her back and kicked before sitting up. Spike grabbed her.
"Faye, stop! He's not here!" Spike pushed her back down. Her eyes were black, but she wasn't throwing him back. She let out a gagged scream before passing out.
"Faye, what's wrong? Vicious wasn't near us, he couldn't have hurt you." He sighed leaning his face into her shoulder. "Wake up, its okay. He's not here, he won't hurt you. I won't let him get near you…" Spike pulled back and wiped her tears from her face and tapped at her face lightly.
He had a large office, with a view of the main strip of the city. Where at night the showcases, and clubs became alive, and the streets were a sea of people. Spike swallowed as he begged her to wake up again and again. "He's not here, please just wake up!" Spike pleaded gripping at her shoulders.
"Oh, but I am here Spike…I am here." Spike sat up straight and turned looking back as Vicious stood in the doorway. His thin lips grinned wickedly, as his eyes flickered from blue-gray to black violently. He let out a low chuckle. "Little bird flew from her cage, and now I've found you." He cooed shutting the door and turning the lock.
What's going to happen? Will Faye wake up? What about Shin and Kasadey, and where the heck are Julia and Ed? What about Ein? It's all coming to an end soon folks! Be sure to stick through for an ending that will have you at the edge of your…wherever you read. ' heh.